Johnny
Lindell
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 222
 
Born: August 30, 1916 in Usa, CO, GREELEY
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1943 26 CLE AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8
1944 27 CLE AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8
1945 28 CLE AL     6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8
1946 29 BOS AL $ 2,350,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8
1947 30 BOS AL $ 2,350,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8
1948 31 BOS AL $ 2,350,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8
1949 32 BOS AL $ 2,350,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7
1950 33 BOS AL $ 2,350,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6
1951 34 BOS AL $ 990,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6
1952 35 NYG NL $ 300,003   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4
1953 36 BSN NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,350,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1943 26 CLE AL 127 401 57 106 22 3 7 47 0 0 37 49 .264 .330 .387 .716 50.4 7.2
1944 27 CLE AL 142 365 40 103 14 3 4 37 1 1 34 38 .282 .341 .370 .711 43.9 5.1
1945 28 CLE AL 131 426 58 110 29 8 6 50 0 0 45 33 .258 .328 .406 .734 55.4 9.6
1946 29 BOS AL 139 372 64 103 21 7 7 56 0 0 45 42 .277 .352 .427 .780 55.4 8.3
1947 30 BOS AL 126 371 55 101 22 5 5 46 0 0 59 31 .272 .370 .399 .769 54.6 8.7
1948 31 BOS AL 112 349 61 93 18 4 7 48 0 0 47 31 .266 .354 .401 .755 46.7 6.8
    AAA   2 6 0 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 .667 .714 .833 1.548 2.4  
1950 33 BOS AL 127 355 40 86 15 0 3 35 0 0 45 51 .242 .328 .310 .637 35.9 2.6
1951 34 BOS AL 62 112 7 22 3 1 1 18 0 0 9 19 .196 .268 .268 .536 8.3 0.0
1952 35 NYG NL 15 20 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 5 .200 .273 .350 .623 2.0 0.1
    AAA   36 45 7 14 2 0 3 13 1 1 2 9 .311 .340 .556 .896 7.8  
1953 36 AAA   130 477 36 91 15 4 4 34 4 4 39 128 .191 .252 .264 .516 30.4  
9 Years Sim 981 2771 384 728 145 32 40 337 1 1 323 299 .263 .339 .381 .721 352.5 48.4
3 Years AAA 168 528 43 109 18 4 7 49 5 5 42 137 .206 .264 .295 .559 40.6  
162 Game Average 457 63 120 23 5 6 55 0 0 53 49 .263 .339 .381 .721 58.2  
Career Highs 142 426 64 110 29 8 7 56 1 1 59 51 .282 .370 .427 .780 55.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1613 213 417 84 21 22 188 1 1 182 184 .259 .333 .378 .711 205.9
vs LH   1158 171 311 61 11 18 149 0 0 141 115 .269 .348 .387 .735 158.4
Home 496 1383 188 357 76 12 15 155 0 1 167 150 .258 .339 .363 .702 173.8
Away 485 1388 196 371 69 20 25 182 1 0 156 149 .267 .340 .400 .740 190.6
RISP   657 0 184 32 6 13 281 0 0 93 63 .280 .363 .406 .770 100.7
Pinch Hitting   190 23 49 13 3 3 36 0 1 23 22 .258 .335 .405 .740 25.8
Close/Late   271 38 69 14 1 4 34 0 0 42 28 .255 .351 .358 .709 36.8
Mar/Apr 167 468 56 111 18 5 7 50 0 0 68 52 .237 .333 .342 .675 57.6
May 188 536 77 145 32 3 7 75 0 0 62 71 .271 .346 .381 .727 71.3
June 174 524 81 138 29 5 8 66 0 0 50 52 .263 .328 .384 .711 65.5
July 153 413 51 112 24 8 6 45 0 0 45 56 .271 .346 .412 .757 57.6
August 159 429 67 125 21 10 7 58 1 1 55 34 .291 .372 .436 .808 68.5
Sep/Oct 140 401 52 97 21 1 5 43 0 0 43 34 .242 .313 .337 .649 43.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1943 26 CLE AL CF 111 108 919.3 262 14 3 3 .989 2.70   2.8
    LF 6 6 50.0 12 0 1 0 .923 2.16    
    RF 2 1 10.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
1944 27 CLE AL CF 85 72 617.0 180 8 8 4 .959 2.74   2.2
    LF 12 11 98.0 26 0 1 0 .963 2.39    
    RF 15 7 76.0 16 2 1 0 .947 2.13    
1945 28 CLE AL CF 98 92 788.3 251 3 2 1 .992 2.90   2.3
    LF 14 13 114.0 24 0 1 0 .960 1.89    
    RF 10 10 87.3 22 2 5 1 .828 2.47    
1946 29 BOS AL CF 95 60 572.0 133 6 4 2 .972 2.19   2.3
    RF 12 11 87.0 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.66    
    LF 10 9 75.3 12 2 0 0 1.000 1.67    
1947 30 BOS AL CF 94 84 736.7 234 4 2 2 .992 2.91   2.7
    LF 11 9 82.0 15 1 1 1 .941 1.76    
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1948 31 BOS AL CF 81 63 581.0 165 6 4 1 .977 2.65   3.0
    LF 12 12 95.0 22 0 0 0 1.000 2.08    
    RF 10 7 63.0 9 0 2 0 .818 1.29    
    1B 1 1 9.0 10 0 0 2 1.000 10.00   0.0
1950 33 BOS AL CF 101 99 813.7 219 4 3 1 .987 2.47   4.4
    RF 7 4 37.3 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.65    
    LF 3 3 26.0 5 0 1 0 .833 1.73    
1951 34 BOS AL RF 12 10 90.0 21 1 0 0 1.000 2.20   0.4
    CF 17 6 68.7 24 1 0 1 1.000 3.28    
    LF 10 7 64.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.83    
1952 35 NYG NL RF 4 2 19.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.89   0.1
    LF 3 1 11.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82    
    CF 3 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  CF 685 585 5105.6 1468 46 26 15 .983 2.67   19.5
  LF 81 71 615.3 130 3 5 1 .964 1.95    
  RF 73 52 470.7 101 5 8 1 .930 2.03   0.5
  1B 1 1 9.0 10 0 0 2 1.000 10.00   0.0
Career Totals   840 709 6200.6 1709 54 39 19 .978 2.56   20.1
Career Highs   122 115 989.7 297 14 10 4 1.000 2.79    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1943 26 CLE AL 7 26 7 8 2 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 .308 .357 .462 .819
1948 31 BOS AL 9 31 6 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 8 4 .161 .333 .161 .495
Career Post-Season Batting 16 57 13 13 2 1 0 4 0 0 10 6 .228 .343 .298 .642
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Triples
1945-3-8
1946-9-7
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 21    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 26th overall pick, by Cleveland in 1943
Had first career hit on 4/10/1943, off Archie Mckain (MON)
Hit first career homerun on 4/15/1943, off Hank Borowy (MIN)
Released by Cleveland on 10/4/1945
Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 2/14/1946 to a 3-year deal worth $2,350,000 per year
Injured on 9/2/1948 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
Won World Series with Boston (A) in 1948
2/1/1949: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 3/25/1949 with a Broken Ankle, out for full season
2/1/1950: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,350,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 2/23/1951 to a 1-year deal worth $990,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 2/17/1952 to a 1-year deal worth $300,003 per year
3/3/1952: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (N)
Traded from New York (N) to Boston (N) on 3/3/1953 (Going to NYG: P Early Wynn, P Johnny Sain. Going to BSN: CF Johnny Lindell)